Handle-bar bracket and escutcheon.



J. A. RAYMOND.

HANDLE BAR BRACKET AND ESCUTCHEON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27, 1916.

1,232,084. Patented July 3, 1917.

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U f I HANDLE-BAR BRACKET AND ESC'UTCI-IEON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn: A. RAYMOND, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle-Bar Brackets and Escutcheons,.of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to handle bar brackets and escutcheons oined thereto.

In the making of burial caskets it is deemed necessary to provide handle bars for the convenience of bearers at fun'ereal functions; and to so construct'said handle bars and so attach them to the casket, that a massive and presentable appearance is obtained, and, requisite strength and certainty of op eration is assured.

And the object of this invention is to obtain a handle bar bracket or hanger arm and escutcheon which are pivotally joined, which are not liable to become separated, either by the breaking or the loss of any of the parts thereof; and to obtain a device which is not liable to get out of order, which is durable, which is economically made; andof good appearance when properly attached to a casket.

In the drawing which accompanies and forms a part hereof,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bracket arm and an escutcheon;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a developed view of the blank from which the bracket is obtained; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the blank from which the escutcheon is obtained, showing particularly the manner in .which the ears to which the bracket is pivoted are obtained.

A reference character applied to designate a given part is used to indicate said part throughout the several figures of the drawing wherever the same appears.

A is an escutcheon the body whereof is forced outward from the plane of its contour line to obtain a spaced distance between said body part and thesurface of the casket, trunk, chest, or other thing to which said escutcheon is secured, as is well repre- B, B, are ears be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3-, 1917.

Application filed October 27, 1916. Serial No. 128,097.

tween which the bracket or hanger arm,

about to be described) is pivotally attached. The ears B are obtained by cutting aperture C, (see Fig. 5), thereby obtaining projections 6, having apertures D therein, and said projections being bent out from the body part of the escutcheon and backward into planes which are at right angles to the face of said body part, on substantially the broken lines 6 form said ears B. E is a bracket or hanger arm, which is obtained fromthe blank illustrated in Fig. 4:, by bonding the projections or Wings 6 substantially on lines 67 into a plane at right angles to the remainder of said blank;,bending the portion extending'between broken lines E and E into form, or shape, to fit a handle bar; making an additional bend on line E to bring the recesses F adjacent to projections 7, and bending said projections over and down upon part E of the blank, (see Fig. 2.).

The handle bar, which is indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, and lettered X is cylindrical, and fits in aperture X.

G are projections on and near one end of wings e, which form ears adapted to come adjacent to and between ears B, when the end of the bracket or hanger arm E is inserted in aperture C of the escutcheon so that the apertures g and D are concentric.

The portion of the ears G between aperture g and broken line H is then forced outward into cylindrical shape, (it), entering the aperture D in ear B; and forming the pivots on which said bracket is rotatably movable.

When the bracket is moved around on said pivotal parts 71 from the position thereof which is illustrated in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, into the position which is indicated by broken lines in Fig. 2, the upper or outer face of said bracket, on the line which is indicated by the letter I, in Fig. 2, is forced into contact with the upper edge O of aperwhich ordinary wood screws extend into the side walls of the casket to which the escutcheon is to be secured.

j is an aperture in the cylindrical part of the bracket, through which a pin or screw is extended to secure the handle X in aperture X.

The drawing discloses that the edges of escutcheon is advanced from said plane to permit the hanger arms tobe pivoted so far back of said body that the upper edges of the apertures through which said hanger arms extend form abutments whichresist the upward thrust of said hanger arms when turned into substantially horizontal planes.

I claim A two piece handle bar comprising a bracket member and an escutcheon member,

said escutcheon member consisting of a sheet metal base with the edges thereof in one plane and the body part forward of said plane, said body part provided with an aperture'therethrough and backwardly eXtending ears on the sides of said aperture integral with said body part, and said bracket member formed of sheet metal provided with ears, all of said ears adapted to be arranged in substantiallyparallel planes,- the ears of one of said membersprovided with apertures and a portion of the ears of the -.oth'er of said members forced into cylindrical form fitting and rotatably movable in said last named apertures to form pivots, said bracket and said aperture in the escutcheon arranged so that the upper edge of the aperture limits the rotation of the bracket on said pivots.

JosEPH A. RAYMOND.

In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, J. SCUDDER. c

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddreseing the Commissioner of Patents. Washiflston, D. C. 

